History of changes for MySQL to SQL Server Converter

v8.3 02/12/2024
	- support for MySQL v8.2+ authentication protocol

v8.1 10/03/2022
	- verified support for Amazon RDS and Azure MySQL
	- improved migration of spatial data
	- validation of privileges on source and target databases 

v7.5 02/24/2020
	- support latest MySQL authentication protocol
	- 64-bit version is available, 32-bit version is not updated anymore
	- improved support for Unicode

v7.3 06/11/2018
	- piecewise writing LOBs into T-SQL script (support for big data)
	- workaround for MySQL 8.0 password hashing

v7.1 04/24/2017
	- stop using legacy types TEXT and IMAGE
	- option to change order of views conversion
	- improved support for MySQL date_format function in views

v6.5 03/24/2014
	- option to export MySQL data into T-SQL script file

v6.3 07/29/2013
	- support for Azure SQL

v6.1 07/03/2013
	- option to customize field mapping (modify name, type, default values for every column)
	- updated help

v5.5 04/08/2013 
	- improved support for foreign keys
	- bugfix: correct conversion of MySQL time values

v5.3 05/21/2012
	- enhanced help documentation
	- new installer
	- minor bugfixes

v5.1 01/23/2012
	- synchronization of existing MS SQL tables with MySQL data
	- quick launch
	- convert MySQL views into MS SQL

v4.7 11/07/2011 
	- connect to MySQL server with limited permissions (without listing all databases)
	- use byebye.dll in demo version 

v4.5 08/17/2010
	- updated help
	- updated installer 
	- algorithm of fast appeding data to MS SQL database

v4.3 08/22/2008
	- "connect as dbo" option
	- bugfix: correct conversion of binary columns

v4.1 03/10/2008
	- support Unicode 
	- store conversion settings into profile
	- filtering data to convert using SELECT-queries

v3.3 12/05/2006
	- new GUI
	- support custom ports for MS SQL server 
	- bugfix: correct conversion of "pure" time

v3.1 12/22/2005
	- new MySQL authentication protocol is supported
        - "log_file" and "silent" options in command line version
	- bugfix: auto_increment on unsigned integer columns

v2.5 10/07/2004
        - foreign keys support
	- intelligent error handling
	- bugfix: better string-to-date conversion for non-US locales

v2.3 04/08/2004
	- more merge/overwrite options
        - bugfix: default values enclosed in quotes
 	- bugfix: correct conversion of empty datetime values

v2.1 01/18/2004
	- new command line parameter "tab_file"
	- bugfix: improved BIGINT support
	- bugfix: correct conversion of decimal columns

v1.5 06/20/2003
	- select tables to convert
	- command line support

v1.3 05/01/2003
	- merge/overwrite options
	- bugfix: correct processing defalut values for date columns

v1.1 02/11/2003
	- "convert table definitions only" option
	- "skip converting indexes" option

v1.0 01/27/2003
	- initial version